ABSTRACT
Perhaps the theory and practice of this centralising logic is contained in the following quotation from I. Rubin:
In a socialist economy, the relations between members of the society are organised consciously . . . The co-ordination and subordination [sopodchineniye] of the individuals is made by reference to calculations made ex ante concerning the technical needs of production. This system of production relations represents a closed totality, directed by a single will . . . Evidently, certain changes could become necessary, but these will occur within the system, by order of the directing organs, who will respond to changes in the technique of production . . . But if there is independence or autonomy of separate enterprises, then the transfer of products can only occur in the form of purchase-and-sale.55
